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GOVERNMENT & POLITICSX-20 Dyna-Soar: The Cancelled Boost-Glide SpaceplaneMcNamara killed X-20 on 10 December 1963 for mission definition—not because boost-glide physics suddenly died.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSGuantanamo Camp Delta LogsDoD denied Camp Delta SOPs in FOIA; WikiLeaks published them; SOUTHCOM called the 2004 manual valid.
ALT HISTORYSeahenge (Holme I): The Timber Circle Exposed by the TideSeahenge was lifted from the tide to save the wood, not left to the sea. What the circle was for is still not settled.
FINANCE & BANKINGSavings and Loan CrisisInsolvent thrifts stayed open while bad assets were papered over. The cleanup priced the delay, not a secret plot.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSProject MINARET: The NSA Watch-List ProgramChurch Committee and declassified NSA histories document MINARET—a 1967–1973 watch-list SIGINT program..
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSJonathan Pollard Espionage CaseNavy analyst pleaded guilty to delivering national defense information to Israel. Life sentence. Court verbs only.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe Zircon Affair: GCHQ's Secret Satellite vs ParliamentBBC killed a Zircon spy-satellite film. Injunctions and Official Secrets raids followed. Parliament fought the gag.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSThe Great Sphinx and the Water Erosion AnomalyWater-erosion claims push the Sphinx thousands of years older than Old Kingdom timelines allow.
HEALTH & MEDICINEGuatemala Syphilis ExperimentsFrom 1946 to 1948, U.S. researchers deliberately infected Guatemalans with STDs. A commission later said so.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSArchitects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth: The Petition SpineThousands of architects and engineers signed a demolition-open petition. NIST still stands..
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSTimes Beach Dioxin EvacuationTimes Beach roads got dioxin waste oil. After the flood, CDC advice emptied the town.
PARANORMAL & UNEXPLAINEDPlaneta Encantado Mirlo Rojo CGI ScandalMirlo Rojo aired lunar images as proof; a critic names CGI work, and Benítez defends Imágenes inéditas.
ALT HISTORYMonte Verde and the Fight Over America's First PeoplesClovis-first denied a pre-Clovis Americas. The 1997 visit accepted one Monte Verde layer, not a first date.
ANCIENT ASTRONAUTSSanxingdui Sacrificial Bronze PitsOnline theorists read Sanxingdui's giant eyes as alien portraits. Sun Hua and the excavators call them Shu ritual art.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe 1MDB Kleptocracy Case1MDB was described as a development fund; the civil complaint describes money that left that story.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSBenin Bronzes Repatriation: 1897 Loot to 2022 Transfer Agreements1897 was a punitive sack, not a gift. Berlin and the Horniman transferred pieces in 2022. Not all are home.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSIran-ContraIran-Contra sold arms to Tehran and diverted cash to Contras. Tower Commission pages still sting.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSSteinhoff International Accounting ScandalSteinhoff's published numbers denied the hole. The doors show irregularities, not one global criminal verdict.
ESPIONAGEOperation MockingbirdMOCKINGBIRD was a secret 1963 CIA wiretap on two newsmen; Bernstein wrote that wider CIA press ties were played down.
Operation Sea-SprayIn 1950 germs were sprayed over San Francisco in secret; in 1977 the Army called a hospital outbreak coincidental.